"Ben Snyder" wrote in message
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Cast iron cookware has many merits. But not for brewing tea. Tetsubin
were originally intended for just boiling water. I'm not certain when
the tetsubin-as-teapot idea got started, but any vessel that imparts a
flavor on tea and easily rusts unless quickly dried is not a good
choice.

thanks for the info, now i definitely won't be buying one :-)

Is there a better type of pot that you think is more practical?

The ubiquitous kyuusu, of either clay ware or ceramic. A nation of
Japanese can't be wrong.

all of my teapots are ceramic or clay, and work great. i guess iron
wouldn't be a step up then :-)

-ben



My teapots are just clutter now that I use a thermal carafe exclusively.
I've used glass lined carafes in the past but now I have a huge (2 liter)
Oggi double stainless steel one. It seems very sturdy.